Bookstand



BO OKSTAND Application filed flctober 21, 1921.

T [Ill who mif; 'may 007mm?? Be it known that L FRANK M. ?311 1517 a Citizen the United States, and resident ot Rush, in the County of Cherokee and State ot Texas. have invented a ,new and mproved Bookstand. of Whirh the folloe ine' is a tulh Clean and exact description.

This invention relates to improven'ents in book Stands :in Object oi the nvention being' to provide a device ot this Character which Will be particularly usetiil in County clerls ofiievs and other 'places Where it is neressai'y to ropy troni oi' make entries iu large heavy books or large iiiannscripts.

An object ot the invention 'is to provide a stand of this characteix in which the book supporting member is adjnstable both vertioallv and angularly. and a stand which Will be strong. durable and eflicient in use. simple and practical in construction roat and attractive in appeeranve and Comparativel v inexpensive to manutacture.

lVith these and other objects in vieiin the invention consists in certain novel toatures ot construction and Combinations and :VIT- rangements ot parts as Will be more fully hereinatter described and pointed out in the Claim.

ln 'the accompanying; dra-win xsz Figure ,1 is a vien in side elei ation of: the stand;

Figure 2 is a view in rear elevation ot the book supportinp; platform showing .its man- ]Ier ot connection to the standard; and

Fignre is an enlarged traginen arv detail view On the section line of Figure l.

Reterring' in detail to the drawingxs m improved stand. which isipretereblv tormed entirely of inetah comprises a base 1. This base includes a plnralit v ot laterallv extending; legs 2 supported upon casters The reference numeral 4: desig'nstes a hollow standard rising trom and preterahl sCreWed into the base. A rod. 5 telescopes in the standard and is provided throughout its length With a series ot opening's 6 in any One of which, a pin 7 monnted in the standard is engageable.

8 represents a book supporting platform or table. A pair of angular plates 9 are se' cured to the under face of the intermediate portion of the table and arepivoted in the Serial No. 509,372

ah biurcated upper endot' the rod 5 upon a screW 10. A clamping nut 11 associated With the screW permits the table or platform to be locked at any desired angle relative to the standard. p

It Will be noted that the table is t ormcd from a Single Sheet ot metal bent to provide a relativel v deep recess 12 at its intermediate portion, Which receives the back of a book and a pair O ofiset Wing portions 13 receiving' the Covers ot the book.

lt Will thus be seen that I. provide a book stand which is adjustable vertically and a platform 'which isengnlarly adjustable relaw tiveto the Vertical plane ot the Standard.

Although have illustrated one Oil the preferred embodiments ot my invention, it Will be erident that various slight Changes and. alterations mightbe made in the general form and arrangement of the parts described Without' departing from the invention and henoe do not Wish to linit mysel i? to the prerise details set tortl but shell consider myself at liberty to make such sli rht Changes and alterations as fairly :fall Within the spirit and Scope of the sppended claim I Claim:

A book stanch consisting ot a base mountcd on easters. ahollow standard detaohabl seeured 'to the base and provided adjacent its upper end With a transverse opening' a rod bei 'ing' a biturcated and apertured npper end and provided With L pluralitv ot openings. said rod telcscoping in the Stand ard, a pin passinp; through the opening' ol" the standard and sdapted to eng'age any ot the openingg s of the rod to permit of. verti- Celly adjnsting said rod Comparatively large plat-form having' a longitudinal depression and provided on the rear face of its depression With a curved and apertured member projeoting theretrom said member extendin e; between the members ot the bi- 'furcations ot the and a bolt passing through the members of the bifnrcations and the curved member of the platform and provided With a nut Whereby the platform can be adjusted at different angles and locked in the position to which it has been adjusted.

FRANK ML PRIES? 

